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  * Contributors:
  * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.update.core;

 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IAdaptable;

 /**
  * Feature category definition.
  * A site can organize its features into categories. Categories
  * can be further organized into hierarchies. Each category name
  * is a composed of the name of its parent and a simple identifier
  * separated by a slash ("/"). For example <code>tools/utilities/print</code>
  * defines a category that is a child of <code>tools/utilities</code> and
  * grandchild of <code>tools</code>.
  * <p>
  * Clients may implement this interface. However, in most cases clients should
  * directly instantiate or subclass the provided implementation of this
  * interface.
  * </p>
  * <p>
  * <b>Note:</b> This class/interface is part of an interim API that is still under development and expected to
  * change significantly before reaching stability. It is being made available at this early stage to solicit feedback
  * from pioneering adopters on the understanding that any code that uses this API will almost certainly be broken
  * (repeatedly) as the API evolves.
  * </p>
  * @see org.eclipse.update.core.Category
  * @since 2.0
  */
 public interface ICategory extends IAdaptable{

     /**
      * Retrieve the name of the category. The name can be a simple
      * token (root category) or a number of slash-separated ("/")
      * tokens.
      *
      * @return the category name
      * @since 2.0
      */
     public String getName();

     /**
      * Retrieve the displayable label for the category
      *
      * @return displayable category label, or <code>null</code>
      * @since 2.0
      */
     public String getLabel();

     /**
      * Retrieve the detailed category description
      *
      * @return category description, or <code>null</code>
      * @since 2.0
      */
     public IURLEntry getDescription();
 }

